Three Iranians receive human rights grant
Three Iranians are among those awarded Hellman/Hammett grants by Human Rights Watch for 2012. Issa Saharkhiz, Keyvan Samimi and Hila Sedighi are among According to Human Rights Watch, the grants are given to people “for their commitment to free expression and the courage they showed when facing political persecution.” The Hellman/Hammett grant program was set up in the name of Lillian Hellman and her companion Dashiel Hammett. During the McCarthy era, the two writers were aggressively interrogated by U.S. congressional committees about ...
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